Advertising-sign.



S. COHEN.

ADVERTISING SIGN.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ. 19H.

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ADVERTISING SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ. 1917.

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ATTORNEY.

SIMON COHEN, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ADVERTISING-SIGN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed August 7, 1917. Serial No. 184,964.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON COHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising- Signs, of which the following is a speclficat-ion.

My invention relates to improvements in advertising signs, of the formthat is provided with illumination by means of 1ncandescent lamps, andthe object of my 1mprovement is to produce a sign that is unique andattractive, and in which the sign proper has some movement, responslveto air currents, the sign being adapted for outdoor use.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my 1mprovedadvertising sign, as adapted for use on the front wall of a building.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the upper part.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of the lower part.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, in part brok en out, of the lantern, showingthe interior structure.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view, in part broken out, of the lantern.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the form adapted to be mounted on a roof.

Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the same.

My improved advertising sign comprises a frame 10 adapted to besupported from the front wall of a building in any sultable manner,-asby means of brackets 11 or to rest on the roof of a building and held inplace by braces 11, and operatively mounted in the said frame is a,moving structure composed of a lantern 12 and a set of wings 13extending outwardly from the said lantern, the side faces of the wingsserving as the signs proper and being illuminated by lamps 14 housed inthe lantern.

The frame 10 is formed of strap iron, bent into the form of a closedloop of rectangular form, having parallel top and bot tom bars 15.

The lantern 12 is a symmetrical structure, mounted on an axial shaft 16of tubular form that is plugged at the lower end to provide a V-shapedbearing 17 that serves as the main support, the body portion 18 being ofhexagonal form, and the top and bottom portions 19 extending from thebody portion 18 to the shaft 16 in pyramidal form.

There are two wings 13 extending outwardly from opposite corners. Thetwo lantern sides 20 on the corners to which the wings are connected areprovided with windows 21, and positioned back of-the windows is a lamp14, backed by a reflector 22. The lantern sides 23 intermediate thewindows 21, one at the front and the other at the back are blank, andmay be provided with a false window 24 in the form of a mirror. Thepanels 25 that compose the top and bottom portions 19 of the lanternstructure may be provided with inserts of colored or ornamental glass,such inserts serving for ornamentation merely, and serving in no way foruseful illumination of the adjacent display space, the panels 25 beingmade of sheet material.

The bottom bar 15 of the frame 10 is provided on the upper face with abearing strap 27, having a V-shaped bearing 28 for receiving the bearing17 of the shaft 16, and positioned above the bearin 28 is a guide strap29 having a hole 30 or receiving the shaft 16 and guiding the same.

The upper bar 15 is provided on the under side with a hood 31 forhousing and protecting the electrical connections and the upper bearingstructure. Extending downwardly from the middle of the hood 31 is afixed pin 32 that supports the upper fixed bearing member 33. The saidbearing member 33 serves also as an electrical contact member, beinginsulated from the pin 32 by means of a bushing 34, and having aterminal 35 for a wire 36, and has the lower end 37 of conical form. Onthe upper end of the shaft 16, and insulated therefrom by r 'bore of thehollow shaft 16. Between the of the two wings 13.

washer plate and the top plate is oneof the ends of the wire 13 thatextends d0wnwardly through the shaft 16. Screws 44:,

provided with suitable nuts, serve to hold the said wire end in placeand to hold the top plate 40 to the washer plate 42.

The top late 40 is provided with a V- shaped bearing 45 for cotiperatingwith the bearing 37.

Just below the bearing structure 89 there i is a fixed strap 46 having abearing guide hole that is engaged with the shaft 16.

wires. and at the same time permitting of free rotation of the movingstructure.

The, wings 13 are formed of sheet material, the top and bottom edgesbeing wired, the wire 51 in each case extending continuously across theaxis, passing through the shaft 16, and along the corresponding edgesThe junction of the wire 51 and the shaft 16 corresponds in positionapproximately to the position of the apex portion of pyrami dal top endportion 19 or bottom end portion 19, as the case may be, so that theentire lantern structure 12 is substantially contained in the spacebetween the top and bottom wired edges, as determined by the wires 51.

Thus the wings 13 are parts of a generally rectangular structure havingthe lantern l2 extended'across the middle. The parts of the saidrectangular structure that extend outwardly laterally from the bodyportion 18, at the middle of the lantern 12, are positioned suitably tobe illuminated by the lamps housed in the lantern, and are, therefore,adapted to serve as display devices, and they are also adapted to serveas positioning means responsive to air currents impinging thereon forpositioning the moving structure.

Theparts of the said rectangular structure above and below the body 18,extending across the pyramidal end portions 19. and bounded by the wirededges mentioned, are

of appreciable depth and are, by reason of their positions and theirrelation to the adj ace'nt said end portions 19, particularly adapted toserve as positioning vanes for cooperation with air currents forpositioning the moving structure.

of the said end portions 19 serves to reduce to a minimum theobstruction to the air currents.

The parts or zones of the wing structure 13 directly outward from 'thebody portion 18 are positionedsuitably to be illuminated. by the saidlightingdevices and serve as dis play devices or signs proper, and theyalso serve as positioning vanes in cooperation with air currents, andthe parts or zone-sot the said wing structure that are above and belowthe body portion Y18 and that are'joutward from' the tapered: orpyramidal end portions are out of the range of the lighting devices ofthe bodyport'ion 18, and serve merely as positioning vanes, being in theform of extensions of themiddle or intermediate zone entioned? The wingstructure 13 being plain and flat operates to position themovingstructure in a plane that is. coincident with the directional plane ofthe'air'currents, and thereby distinguishes in operation 'from devicesin the form of propellers, having c'urv'ed blades. g

I claim as my invention 1. An advertising sign comprising a movingstructure supportedv so as to swingon a vertical axis, the said movingstructure com: prising a generally rectangular plate-like member thatextends across the axis in an axial plane and a lantern incorporated inthe said member, and positioned at the" axis, the said lantern having abody portion being provided with lighting devices in the interior andhavingwindows in the side wall, the said plate-like member having a zonepositioned outward from the said body portion suitably to receiveillumination from the said lighting devices, and the saidplaterlikemember having zones above and below the first mentioned zone that areoutof range of such illumination and "that operate as positioning vanesforthe moving structure responsive to the'efi'ects of air currents.

2. An advertising sign comprising a7m0ving structure supported so as toswing on a vertical axis, the said moving structure comprising agenerally rectangular plate-like member that extends across thesaid axisin an axial plane and a lantern incorporated in the said member,positioned at the axis, the

' said lantern having a body portion that is provided with lightingdevices, and the said outside of the range of the said lighting demovingstru cture being constructed and arvices and serve only as positioningdevices in ranged so that a portion only of the said cooperatlon withair currents.

plate-like member receives illumination SIMON COHEN. 5 from the saidlighting devices and is adapt- Witnesses:

ed to serve as a display portion and other J. GOLDENBERG,

portions of the said plate-like member are M. VIDIMAN.

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Washington, D. 0."

